Insight & Stories

About these Stories and Short Essays

This page presents nonfiction and stories to give you deeper insight into our work. We know that most people have problems even taking global plans seriously. The nonfiction pieces should help you realize that a lot of careful thought has been put into creating a flexible plan that has enough power to change people’s lives and the world. Many of the teaching stories were written to help people be more emotionally in touch with the plan’s approach. Some of the stories may help you accept some unexpected and counter-intuitive parts of the plan.

Please don’t think that you have to read all this to do the program. These materials, along with the “Goodness” materials, are about a book’s worth of materials. So reading all these materials would delay your experience of the program and the benefits you could get. Also, you don’t have to agree with the ideas expressed in these writings to get value from the program

To Get More Value from the Stories and Essays

Here are some suggestions: When you read a story, try to figure out the story’s purpose before you read the commentary (if there is one.) Also, ask yourself if you agree with the commentary. Also, if you think these materials are worth it, you might want to form a discussion group. Directions for doing this can actually be found in the “goodness” materials.

Fiction Stories

“I’m Ready to Learn” A teen girl’s letter inviting her friend to participate in Group Genie’s efforts.

The Two See-Saws How this approach can tip the balance toward a much more stable and peaceful world.

The Master Formula for Achieving Any Huge Goal The five ingredients behind our plan: a clear vision, adequate methods, incentives to use the methods, ways to overcome obstacles, and reasons this is better than competing approaches.